India, Uttar Pradesh

  • 17 Jun 2015
    Haider Khan

    Country India  State Uttar Pradesh  Violation Type Attack  Target Journalist

    An attempt was made on the life of stringer Haider Khan. Khan was working for a local TV station in Pilibit district and, at the time of his attack, was reporting on a land usurpation case. Khan was following up on a tip-off to an accident, but when he arrived at the scene he was attacked by a group who tied him up and dragged him behind a motorcycle till he lost consciousness. - See more at: https://samsn.ifj.org/uttar-pradesh-journalist-dragged-behind-motorcycle-for-exposing-corruption/#sthash.DxHNXYmB.dpuf

  • 9 Jun 2015
    Jagendra Singh

    Country India  State Uttar Pradesh  Violation Type Killing  Target Journalist

    Freelance journalist Jagendra Singh was set on fire in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, in India’s north. Singh died from major burn injuries sustained after he was allegedly set alight a week earlier. Singh, 42, died in Lucknow Hospital on June 9, after he was brought in with burns to 60 percent of his body following the June 1 incident.

  • 28 Apr 2014
    Unnamed

    Country India  State Uttar Pradesh  Violation Type Harassment  Target Journalist

    A 27-year-old journalist on assignment was allegedly gang-raped by two people in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh, Northern India. The journalist had gone to Asthabhuja temple to research her story on historic temples in Vindhyachal region and was returning hotel late evening when she was abducted, taken to an isolated place, raped by the two assailants and later dumped in a forest area.